Jona Angst, 45, of Brighton, Mich., did not have meningitis, but learned in November from an M.R.I. scan that she had a spinal infection, she said in an interview. She had surgery to clean out the infection and
then took two antifungal medicines. The drugs caused liver and kidney problems, and because of potential heart effects she had to be on a cardiac monitor. The medicines also touched off vivid, frightening hallucinations.
She saw animals and people who were not there, heard voices and came to believe that the nurses were conspiring to kill her.